CVE-2017-12598
opencv: out-of-bounds read error in the cv::RBaseStream::readBlock function
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · August 5, 2017
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has an out-of-bounds read error in the cv::RBaseStream::readBlock function in modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 8-opencv-invalid-read-fread test case.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read